Today, Maria talks parenting and child-rearing with Nate Turner, who describes himself as a Humanity Propulsion Engineer. So that his child might be intellectually astute, globally competent, and socially conscious, Nate intentionally backward designed his son’s life. Today those tools, techniques, and strategies which were initially created explicitly for his son are educational and life development staples for people all over the country. Nate takes us through his extraordinary parenting journey that led him to make an impact on others as well when the letters to his son were published into a book, “Raising Supaman”. A fascinating conversation about the parents’ role in leading our children into their future!
Production team:
Host : Maria Xenidou
Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian
Introduction Voice: David Bourne
Contact us:
impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com
Music credits:
Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals
Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks
Where to find Nate Turner:
https://www.nathanielaturner.com/
http://www.raisingsupaman.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanielaturner/
Mentioned in this episode:
Robert Zeitlin on the Impact Learning podcast
Historical figure Nat Turner
The Parable of the Tree and its Fruits
Listen to this episode and explore:
Nate’s early years: seeing a lesson in everything and deciding to go to college (3:15)
Becoming a financial advisor and a father (9:40)
His role as a Humanity Propulsion Engineer (13:52)
How he started writing letters to his son (17:14)
Nate’s relationship with his own father and the work he did on himself when he became a parent (27:58)
How he published his first book, “Raising Supaman” (37:17)
How we can design our children’s learning process an early age and the problem with outsourcing parenting (42:09)
Nate’s second book and his TED talk (48:02)
Some key lessons for parents and parents-to-be (51:47)
What Nate wants to be remembered as after he’s gone (57:05)